Submitting an adjournment motion to the Lok Sabha Secretary General, Tagore said that the demolition was carried out in violation of the law, the flouting of judicial orders, which resulted in the displacement of thousands of people.
Sonia Gandhi joined the protest, holding the large banner 'SIR-attack on Democracy,' and stood beside her daughter and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi. Other leaders like Pramod Tiwari, Manickam Tagore, also joined in.
The Congress MP said in a post on X that the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, charges Rs 55 thousand in tuition fees from OBC students, while the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) get a full tuition fee waiver.
The cartoon shared by Congress MP portrays a man labelled "EC" dressed in uniform and shackled, holding what resembles an EVM (Electronic Voting Machine), with a speech bubble saying "YES SIR." The tweet was captioned with a single, sharp hashtag: #SIR, a clear reference to the recent allega
"There are many questions asked in the interview The I.N.D.I.A. bloc will raise these and more questions in the debates in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha," Chidambaram added in another post.
"This House expresses deep concern over the ongoing demolition drives in various parts of Delhi-including Jailorwala Bagh, Govindpuri, and Jamia Nagar, especially the demolition of homes in Madrasi Camp (Govindpuri), where hundreds of Tamil-speaking Indian citizens, daily wage labourers,
The opposition parties have repeatedly called for a discussion in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha regarding the revision exercise, moving adjournment motions every day since the start of the monsoon session and alleging that manipulation of voter rolls is taking place under the guise of the
Tagore further in his letter highlighted the SIR exercise as an attack on the legacy of Babasaheb BR Ambedkar who "enshrined" universal adult franchise in the Consitution to empower citizens, irrespective of their caste, class or wealth.
Multiple leaders, including Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Deputy party leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi and Manickam Tagore, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and multiple other leaders were present.